Brighton, Queensland
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Brighton Brisbane, Queensland |
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Population: | 9,040 (2004) [1] | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 4017 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 6.9 km² | ||||||||||||
Property Value: | AUD $283,000 [2] | ||||||||||||
Location: | 19 km from Brisbane CBD | ||||||||||||
LGA: | Brisbane City Council, Deagon Ward |
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State District: | Sandgate | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Lilley | ||||||||||||
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Brighton is the northernmost suburb of Brisbane City, Australia, located 19km north of the Brisbane CBD. The Nashville locality makes up much of the southwest of the suburb.
Brighton features mostly suburban housing. The large nursing home Eventide, run by the Queensland Government, and Masonic Care, run by the Freemasons, are both within Brighton.
The southern end of the Houghton Highway bridge is found at the northern end of the suburb, connecting to Redcliffe City at Clontarf.
[edit] Geography
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
[edit] References
- ^ ABS Statistics
- ^ Brighton, accessed 27 November 2006